English Explanatory Dictionary

cuirie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An item of leather body armor, a forerunner to the cuirass; a cuirass.

Word forms

cuirie cuiries

Etymology

From Middle English quyrre, now respelled according to or reborrowed from its source, Old French cuirie (French cuirie).

Related words

cuir bouilli cuirass
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